Born about 1751 in Germany

Wife of Heinrich Heppel — married before 1775 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Died before 1834 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Biography

Margaretha (Heil) Heppel is a Volga German.

Margaretha (Heil) Heppel has German Roots.

Family #74a in the 1767 Grimm census.

Family #122 in the 1775 Grimm census.

Family #46 in the 1798 Grimm census.

Anna Margaretha Heil was born about 1751, probably in the Darmstadt area of what is now Germany. According to the 1767 Grimm census, her father's name was Johann Heil, and she was an orphan, living with the Herman Schmidt family. Her age is off in later censuses, adding at least 20 years to her age. I am using the age in the records closest to her date of birth, since they tend to be the most accurate.

1767 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 74a

Head of the Household Katharina Margaretha Heil, age 16, orphan

Father Johann Heil

Note Lives with Herman Schmidt family, household #74

Anna Margaretha married Heinrich Heppel, probably a widower, before 1775. At the time of the census, they had no children.

1775 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family # 122

Head of the Household Heinrich Gepel [Heppel?], age 33

Wife Margarita [sic] Heppel, age 34 [sic] should be 24

Brother-in-Law Johann Philip Mertz, age 24

According to the 1798 census, Heinrich and Anna Margaretha Heppel adopted Johann Heinrich Albrandt into their family, probably because they had no children of their own. At the time of the census, Albrandt was married to Anna Margaretha Vaas (Waag/Faas) and they had two young sons, Johann Heinrich and Johann Georg. Johann Heinrich Albrandt was not an orphan and his parents were still alive for the 1798 census. In fact, the families lived next to each other in Grimm, represented by family #46 and family #47 in the census.

1798 Grimm Census ^[3]

Family # 46

Head of the Household Heinrich Heppel [?], age 57

Wife Anna Margaretha Heil, age 60 [sic] should be 47

Adopted into the household:

Child #1 Johann Heinrich Albrandt, age 29

Wife of Child #1 Anna Margaretha Vaas [Waag/Faas], age 27

Grandchild #1 Johann Heinrich Albrandt, age 2

Grandchild #2 Johann Georg Albrandt, age 6 months

Neither she nor her husband is listed in the 1834 census. Most likely they had passed away. Had she survived, she would have been 93 years old.

Sources

1. ↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Band 2, Herausgegeben von Alfred Eisfeld under Mitarbeit von Sabine Eichwald, Published by the Nordost-Instsitut - 38085 Göttingen, 2005; page 83, family #74a.
2. ↑ The 1775 and 1798 Census of the German Colony on the Volga, Lesnoy Karamysh, also known as Grimm; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published date: 1995; family #122 in the 1775 census.
3. ↑ The 1775 and 1798 Census of the German Colony on the Volga, Lesnoy Karamysh, also known as Grimm; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published date: 1995; family #46 in the 1798 census.

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